The Two Baronesses (Danish: De to Baronesser) is an 1848 novel by Hans Christian Andersen, translated into English by Charles Beckwith Lohmeyer. It was published first in translation for legal protection against piracy, which caused a misunderstanding that Andersen had written it in English.
The Novel’s Character ‘Elimar’ and Connection to Vincent Van Gogh. ‘Elimar’ is an 1889 painting of a fisherman believed to be created by Vincent Van Gogh, according to a team of 20 experts who presented a 456 page report after four years of research. The Van Gogh painting is titled ‘Elimar’ because it contains an inscription of the same on the lower right that is posited to be a reference by Vincent Van Gogh to a fisher boy character named “Elimar’ in The Two Baronesses. Vincent Van Gogh was known to be a frequent reader of novels by Hans Christian Andersen.
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